25 Publications from Wayne State University Press an Imprint of Wayne State University Press

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Book Cover That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World by Rochelle Riley, and Cristi Smith-Jones

That They Lived

Book Cover Black People Are My Business: Toni Cade Bambara’s Practices of Liberation by Thabiti Lewis

Black People Are My Business

Book Cover The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery by Rochelle Riley

The Burden

Book Cover come see about me, marvin by Brian Gilmore

come see about me, marvin

Book Cover Black Indian by Shonda Buchanan

Black Indian

Book Cover Know the Mother by Desiree Cooper

Know the Mother

Book Cover The Colored Car by Jean Alicia Elster

The Colored Car

Book Cover From Bourgeois to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances by Vershawn Ashanti Young

From Bourgeois to Boojie

Book Cover Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall by Melba Joyce Boyd

Roses and Revolutions

Book Cover Who’s Jim Hines? by Jean Alicia Elster

Who’s Jim Hines?

Book Cover Dear Chester, Dear John by John A. Williams and Lori Williams

Dear Chester, Dear John

Book Cover Blue-Tail Fly by Vievee Francis

Blue-Tail Fly

Book Cover What Mama Said: An Epic Drama (African American Life Series) by Osonye Tess Onwueme

What Mama Said

Book Cover Liberation Memories: The Rhetoric And Poetics Of John Oliver Killens (African American Life Series) by Keith Gilyard

Liberation Memories

Book Cover Looking Within/Mirar adentro: Selected Poems/Poemas escogidos, 1954-2000 by Nancy Morejón

Looking Within/Mirar adentro

Book Cover Abandon Automobile: Detroit City Poetry 2001 by Melba Joyce Boyd

Abandon Automobile

Book Cover Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Black Bibliophile & Collector by Elinor Des Verney Sinnette

Arthur Alfonso Schomburg

Book Cover Tell It to Women: An Epic Drama for Women (African American Life Series) by Osonye Tess Onwueme

Tell It to Women

Book Cover Let’s Flip the Script: An African American Discourse on Language, Literature, and Learning by Keith Gilyard

Let’s Flip the Script

Book Cover Letters to America: Contemporary American Poetry on Race by Jim Daniels

Letters to America

Book Cover Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911 by Melba Joyce Boyd

Discarded Legacy

Book Cover Three Plays: The Broken Calabash / Parables for a Season / The Reign of Wazobia (African American Life ) by Osonye Tess Onwueme

Three Plays

Book Cover Voices Of The Self: A Study Of Language Competence (African American Life Series) by Keith Gilyard

Voices Of The Self

Book Cover Great Black Russian: A Novel On The Life And Times Of Alexander Pushkin (African American Life) by John O. Killens

Great Black Russian

Book Cover The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee

The Spook Who Sat by the Door